Hardware Engineer Review
at BAE Systems
Placement (10 Months+)
Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Medway
Review Submitted: June 2023
Overall Rating
3.9 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
-
Overview of Role
4.3/5
-
Skills Development
4.5/5
-
Support and Guidance
3/5
-
Company Culture
4.5/5
-
Overall Experience
3/5
-
Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
Creating and designing complex engineering solutions. Working in a team to develop the hardware components of interfacing systems.
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Full responsibility of designs and fabricating it, testing systems to be approved for final customer use.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
How to route PCB's, Creating industry grade schematics, working in a world-leading organisation.
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
3/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
4/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Huge amount of guidance, training is provided for all areas expected to be performing within.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
4/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Mostly a good working environment, pleasant facilities and working areas. Little to no stress involved with team work.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
3/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
2/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
3/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
4/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
very much, you learn a lot and it prepares you for a future in engineering very well. The Industrial placement scheme is very successful and harbours lots of talent.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at BAE Systems
3/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend BAE Systems to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to BAE Systems
Look into what part of Engineering interests you and allocate that to a specific site which focusing on that function. Electronic systems would be best suited to Hardware or software Engineers.
